Ward C Wheeler
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Wheeler W, Varon A
Cladistics
. 2025 Feb;
41(2):193-211.
PMID: 39956947
Phylogenetic minimum description length (PMDL) is proposed as an optimality criterion for phylogenetic analysis. PMDL is based on algorithmic (Kolmogorov) information and the minimum description length principle. This criterion generates...
2.
Multi-armed bandits, Thomson sampling and unsupervised machine learning in phylogenetic graph search
Wheeler W
Cladistics
. 2024 Feb;
40(4):430-437.
PMID: 38415802
A phylogenetic graph search relies on a large number of highly parameterized search procedures (e.g. branch-swapping, perturbation, simulated annealing, genetic algorithm). These procedures vary in effectiveness over datasets and at...
3.
Wheeler W, Washburn A, Crowley L
Cladistics
. 2023 Oct;
40(1):97-105.
PMID: 37855442
We present Phylogenetic Graph (PhyG), an open-source, phylogenetic search tool for diverse data types and graphs, including softwired and hardwired networks, in addition to trees. This allows for analysis of...
4.
Wheeler W
Cladistics
. 2023 Jul;
39(5):475-478.
PMID: 37466458
The treatment of inapplicable characters has proved especially vexing to systematists. Investigators have wrestled with alternative coding scenarios to capture both the presence and absence of a feature, and its...
5.
Wheeler W, Washburn A
Cladistics
. 2023 Jul;
39(5):456-474.
PMID: 37466283
An algorithm is described for the optimization of character data (e.g. qualitative, nucleic acid sequence) on softwired phylogenetic networks. The algorithm presented here is an extension of those developed for...
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Huang J, Zhong Y, Makohon-Moore A, White T, Jasin M, Norell M, et al.
Cell Rep
. 2022 May;
39(5):110771.
PMID: 35508134
We performed a comparative analysis of human and 12 non-human primates to identify sequence variations in known cancer genes. We identified 395 human-specific fixed non-silent substitutions that emerged during evolution...
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Ballesteros J, Santibanez-Lopez C, Baker C, Benavides L, Cunha T, Gainett G, et al.
Mol Biol Evol
. 2022 Feb;
39(2).
PMID: 35137183
Deciphering the evolutionary relationships of Chelicerata (arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and allied taxa) has proven notoriously difficult, due to their ancient rapid radiation and the incidence of elevated evolutionary rates in...
8.
Wheeler W
Cladistics
. 2022 Jan;
38(1):147-158.
PMID: 35049084
Phylogenetic graph structures used in empirical and theoretical analysis have expanded beyond trees to more general directed acyclic graphs including networks and forests. Several methods to reconcile multiple such graphs...
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Wheeler W
Cladistics
. 2021 Dec;
6(4):363-367.
PMID: 34933486
Abstract- When divergent taxa are used to root networks, it is assumed that the character stales in the outgroup have historical similarity to those in the ingroup. Yet, if the...
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Wheeler W, Cartwright P, Hayashi C
Cladistics
. 2021 Dec;
9(1):1-39.
PMID: 34929937
Abstract- Ribosomal and ubiquitin protein coding sequence data are generated from 20 arthropods and five close relatives. These molecular data are combined with morphological characters derived from the literature to...